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authorAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2007-12-01 19:31:53 +0000
committerAdrian Holovaty <adrian@holovaty.com>2007-12-01 19:31:53 +0000
commit0e464d5d5c354883134f739a5511e688a5cb1ec5 (patch)
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parent5e06c129c6c4e615c6ef10b930aa825ce978adb7 (diff)
Edited docs/newforms.txt changes from [6740]
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@@ -756,8 +756,9 @@ For example::
Highlighting required fields in templates
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-You may wish to show a visitor which fields are required. Here is the above
-example modified to insert an asterix after the label of each required field::
+It's common to show a user which fields are required. Here's an example of how
+to do that, using the above example modified to insert an asterisk after the
+label of each required field::
<form method="post" action="">
<dl>
@@ -772,10 +773,11 @@ example modified to insert an asterix after the label of each required field::
</form>
The ``{% if field.field.required %}*{% endif %}`` fragment is the relevant
-addition here. It adds the asterix only if the field is required. Note that we
-check ``field.field.required`` and not ``field.required``. In the template,
-``field`` is a ``newforms.forms.BoundField`` instance, which holds the actual
-``Field`` instance in its ``field`` attribute.
+addition here. It adds the asterisk only if the field is required.
+
+Note that we check ``field.field.required`` and not ``field.required``. In the
+template, ``field`` is a ``newforms.forms.BoundField`` instance, which holds
+the actual ``Field`` instance in its ``field`` attribute.
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